Falcons continue to fumble

 

The afternoon started brightly for Falcons who were up inside five minutes thanks to a Juan Pablo Socino penalty and it wasn't until the 20th minute that Wasps were able to get on the board.

 

However, good work by Andy Goode and Elliot Daly allowed Wasps to break quickly and send Tom Varndell in the clear to score beneath the posts. Goode added a simple conversion.

 

Meanwhile, Thomas Waldrom continued his fine scoring form to help Exeter Chiefs secure their third Premiership Rugby win of the season 36-13 over Harlequins at Sandy Park.

 

The resurgent No.8 capped a sterling performance with his third try of the season, but the hosts fell narrowly short of a bonus point despite captain Jack Yeandle and Henry Slade also crossing.

 

Gareth Steenson added 15 points with Slade also landing two penalties as Exeter secured only their second home victory of 2014 and avenged their two losses against Quins last season.

 

The visitors trailed 19-6 at the break and appeared to be mounting a comeback with an Asaeli Tikoirotuma try but failed to capitalise on Jack Nowell's yellow card as they fell to their second loss of the season.

 

 

 

 

Tries: Varndell 2, Gaskell, Miller

Cons: Goode 2, Miller

Pens: Goode 3

 

Tries: Tipuna, Penalty

Cons: Clegg

Pens: Socino

 

 

Wasps: 15 Rob Miller, 14 Sailosi Tagicakibau, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Alapati Leiua, 11 Tom Varndell, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Joe Simpson, 8 Ed Jackson, 7 James Haskell (captain), 6 Ashley Johnson, 5 Kearnan Myall, 4 James Gaskell, 3 Jake Cooper-Woolley, 2 Carlo Festuccia, 1 Matt Mullan.

Replacements: 16 Tom Lindsay, 17 John Yapp, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 James Cannon, 20 Nathan Hughes, 21 Charlie Davies, 22 Andrea Masi, 23 Christian Wade.

 

Newcastle: 15 Simon Hammersley, 14 Alex Tait, 13 Gonzalo Tiesi, 12 Adam Powell, 11 Sinoti Sinoti, 10 Juan Pablo Socino, 9 Ruki Tipuna, 8 Ally Hogg, 7 Will Welch (captain), 6 Mark Wilson, 5 Dom Barrow, 4 Calum Green, 3 Scott Wilson, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Kieran Brookes.

Replacements: 16 Alex Rogers, 17 Rob Hawkins, 18 Oliver Tomaszczyk, 19 Josh Furno, 20 Richard Mayhew, 21 Warren Fury, 22 Rory Clegg, 23 Alex Tuilagi.

 

 

 

 

The scorers:

 

Tries: Waldrom, Yeandle, Slade

Cons: Steenson 2

Pens: Slade 2, Steenson 3

 

Try: Tikoirotuma

Con: Botica

Pens: Botica 2

 

 

Exeter: 15 Phil Dollman, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Sam Hill, 11 Matt Jess, 10 Gareth Steenson, 9 Will Chudley, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 Ben White, 6 Dave Ewers, 5 Damian Welch, 4 Mitch Lees, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Jack Yeandle (captain), 1 Ben Moon.

Replacements: 16 Elvis Taione, 17 Carl Rimmer, 18 Moray Low, 19 Don Armand, 20 Kai Horstmann, 21 Pat Phibbs, 22 Ian Whitten, 23 Tom James.

 

Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Marland Yarde, 13 Harry Sloan, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Aseli Tikoirotuma, 10 Ben Botica, 9 Danny Care, 8 Nick Easter, 7 Chris Robshaw, 6 Luke Wallace, 5 George Robson, 4 Charlie Matthews, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 2 Dave Ward, 1 Joe Marler (captain).

Replacements: 16 Joe Gray, 17 Mark Lambert, 18 Will Collier, 19 Sam Twomey, 20 Joe Trayfoot, 21 Karl Dickson, 22 Louis Grimoldby, 23 Ollie Lindsay-Hague.